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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Judecat (Paula) on July 05, 2018, 11:18:02 AM

Title: Warning - plastic reflective collars.
Post by: Judecat (Paula) on July 05, 2018, 11:18:02 AM

A cat was taken to a vet in Milton Keynes with severe burns after his reflective collar melted into his skin in the hot weather. :'(

Title: Re: Warning - plastic reflective collars.
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on July 05, 2018, 13:45:39 PM

Poor thing - thank you, have text my neighbour to warn her, Sooty wears reflective due to being black

Title: Re: Warning - plastic reflective collars.
Post by: Lyn (Slugsta) on July 05, 2018, 21:43:55 PM

That is terrible, thanks for the warning!

Alf, being black, used to have a reflective collar - until he decided not to wear one! I know that BFF's furkids all wear collars, I must check what they are made of  . . .

Title: Re: Warning - plastic reflective collars.
Post by: Judecat (Paula) on July 05, 2018, 23:50:55 PM

I would have thought it was one of the plasticky things rather than a fabric one with a reflective strip stitched on, but the newspaper wasn't clear.

Title: Re: Warning - plastic reflective collars.
Post by: tryanny23 on July 08, 2018, 07:32:13 AM

My vet advised me not to put any collar at all to my cat, it is just sometimes the humidity is trapped in between the collar and cause my cat something like an infection on her neck.

Title: Re: Warning - plastic reflective collars.
Post by: Judecat (Paula) on July 08, 2018, 11:21:33 AM

I don't use collars on my cats either since the advent of microchips.